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Dr. Nelson Harrison
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- About Me:
- Nelson E. Harrison, Ph. D., ASCAP, clinical psychologist, educator, composer, arranger, trombonist, clinician, veteran of the Count Basie Orchestra (1978-81); played with Kenny Clarke, Billy Eckstine and Earl "Fatha" Hines, Jay McShann, Slide Hampton; recorded with Walt Harper, Nathan Davis and Count Basie; co-leader of jazz groups featuring Joe Harris and Andy Bey. Composer credits consist of over 300 original compositions including movie scores and soundtracks. He has written original lyrics to 125 bebop and hard bop standards that form the basis of the librettos for a series of 5 plays he calls Boperettas. He gives lectures and clinics on whole-brain jazz and creative writing and has presented a symposium he calls “The Metaphysics of Music” at major universities from coast-to-coast. He is a founding partner in the development of the African American Innovators Conservatory (AAIC) and has invented a unique ten inch long, five pound brass instrument he calls the "Trombetto" on which he can play 6 octaves chromatically.
Blogs:
http://jazzburgher.ning.com
http://esotericgateways.com/music.html
http://metamusic.june08pa.peopleaggregator.net
http://paytheband.june08pa.peopleaggregator.net
http://zenjazz.june08pa.peopleaggregator.net
http://r.yuwie.com/cybraxis
- Relationship Status
- Married
- Website:
- http://jazzburgher.ning.com
- What Instrument(s) Do You Play?
- Trombone, trombetto, piano, bass
- Biggest Musical Influences & Favorite Musicians/Bands:
- Ahmad Jamal, Count Basie Orchestra, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Frank Rosolino, Jimmy Cleveland, Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Monk, Freddie Redd, Stanley Turrentine, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke, J.C. Moses, Miles Davis, Billy Strayhorn, Mary Lou Williams, Erroll Garner, Clifford Brown, Eddie Jefferson, Oscar Brown, Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong,
- How Did You Hear About the New York City Jazz Network?
- Karl Sterling invited me
- Favorite Jazz Clubs:
- The erstwhile Crawford Grill #2 in Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Nelson Harrison's Videos
Dr. Nelson Harrison's Blog
BILL EASLEY - PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Friday & Saturday, June 13 & 14, 2008
Reservations: 212-885-7119
jazz@kitano.com
Bill Easley Quartet
with Larry Ham, Bill Moring and Payton Crossley
Friday & Saturday, June 13 & 14 2008
at the Kitano
66 Park Avenue at 38th Street, New York, NY
8:00 pm and 10:00 pm sets
(7:00 pm early dinner guests get preferred seating)
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Friday & Saturday, June 13 & 14, 2008
Reservations: 212-885-7119
jazz@kitano.com
Bill Easley Quartet
with Larry Ham, Bill Moring and Payton Crossley
Friday & Saturday, June 13 & 14 2008
at the Kitano
66 Park Avenue at 38th Street, New York, NY
8:00 pm and 10:00 pm sets
(7:00 pm early dinner guests get preferred seating)
Please forward this email, call your friends, and bring your special guests and come out and support good live music (Jazz, and… Continue
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